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Shanshan Feng holds a five-shot lead at the Dubai Ladies Masters

Saturday 12 December 2015 16:55, UK

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Shanshan Feng is in ominous form at the Dubai Ladies Masters and on track to become the first ever player to win the tournament three times.

Shanshan Feng will take a five-shot lead in to the final round of the Dubai Ladies Masters, where Dame Laura Davies has slipped down the leaderboard.

Third round leaderboard

-15 Shanshan Feng (Chn)
-10 Thidapa Suwannapura (Tha)
-6 Jade Schaeffer (Fra)
-5 Caroline Masson (Ger)
-5 Melissa Reid (Eng)
Others
-4 Georgia Hall (Eng)
-3 Laura Davies (Eng)
E Gwladys Nocera (Fra)
+1 Charley Hull (Eng)

The world No 6 got off to a fast start on her way to a third successive 67 at Emirates Golf Club, as Davies stuttered to a five-over 77 to slip 12 strokes off the pace.  

Feng, who has already secured the Ladies European Tour's order of merit title, posted successive gains from the second and followed a tap-in birdie at the sixth by picking up two more strokes in a front-nine 31.

The top-seed temporarily moved 10 shots clear of the rest of the field when she rolled in a 12-footer at the 11th, but carded a first dropped shot of the week at the next and posted another bogey two holes later.

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - DECEMBER 11: Shanshan Feng of China plays her tee shot on the par 4, first hole during the third round of the 2015 Omega Dub
Image: The world No 6 made a bright start with five birdies in a seven-hole stretch

Feng posted a seventh gain of the day at the par-four 17th and two-putted the last four par, but saw her lead eaten in to as home star Thidapa Suwannapura closed her round-of-the-day 65 with six consecutive birdies.

"I think the front nine was really good; I had many birdie chances and a lot of them were really close," Feng said. "I was happy that I made birdie on the 17th.

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"I think on the back nine I misjudged the wind a couple of times, and then there was one poor drive on the 12th hole."

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Suwannapura's late birdie run opened up a considerable advantage between the top two and the chasing pack, with Jade Schaeffer's four at the par-five last lifting her in to third ahead of Solheim Cup stars Caroline Masson and Melissa Reid.

Laura Davies of England plays her second shot on teh par 4, second hole during the third round of the 2015 Omeg
Image: Davies dropped down the leaderboard following a five-over 77

It was another disappointing day for Charley Hull, with three bogeys in-a-row before the turn leaving her one over for the week alongside first round joint-leader Liz Young.

Nanna Koerstz Madsen, needing a top three finish this week to have a chance of winning LET's Rookie of the Year award, struggled to a four-over 76 and lies in a tie for 41st. 

Watch the final round pf the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters live on Saturday from 8.30am on Sky Sports 4 - your home of golf

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